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Adopting Low-Risk Dietary And Lifestyle Factors Related To Lower Incidence Of High Blood Pressure
Adherence to modifiable lifestyle and dietary factors including maintaining normal weight, daily vigorous exercise, eating a diet high in fruits, vegetables, low-fat dairy products and low in sodium and taking a folic acid supplement was associated with a significantly lower incidence of self-reported hypertension among women, according to a study in the July 22/29 issue of JAMA.
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President Obama Picks New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden For CDC Director
President Obama on Friday appointed New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Frieden as CDC director, according to Obama administration officials, the New York Times reports. According to the Times, Frieden, an infectious disease specialist, has "cut a high and sometimes contentious profile" in his seven years as health commissioner in New York City, during which time he has advocated for a smoking ban in restaurants and bars, made HIV testing part of routine medical exams and protected a program that distributes 35 million condoms a year. According to the Times, Frieden is expected to take office next month. The Times reports that he will "inherit a host of immediate and long-term problems," including questions surrounding a vaccine for the H1N1 influenza virus, also known as swine flu, health care reform and organizational issues at CDC.The Times reports that a potential advantage for Frieden is a positive relationship with likely FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg, who also was New York City health commissioner. Frieden would work with Hamburg to combat the H1N1 flu virus and to re-evaluate the U.S. food safety system (Harris/Hartocollis, New York Times, 5/15).
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Also In Global Health News: Tanzania Drug Audit; WFP Might Suspend Flights; Acute HIV; HIV/AIDS In China

Global Fund Audit Reveals Expired, Missing Drugs In Tanzania "Millions of dollars worth of life-saving drugs destined for Tanzanians living with AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria are missing or have expired, an internal Global Fund [to Fight AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis] audit has discovered," the Observer/Guardian reports. The audit revealed that in addition to "large amounts of drugs sitting in warehouses past their sell-by date," $819,000 worth of drugs were missing, according to the newspaper. A spokesman for the Global Fund said, "The report raises significant issues over stock controls, internal systems and information systems but there"s no mention of corruption. There"s a long list of action points and we have had a constructive response from the Tanzanian government" (Mathiason, 8/2). Funding Shortfall May Ground Some WFP Flights Transporting Aid Workers "The World Food Programme (WFP) may have to ground flights carrying aid workers to some of Africa"s poorest countries within weeks unless it receives fresh donations, the United Nations relief agency said on Friday," Reuters/Washington Post reports (Flynn, 7/31). According to Xinhua/People"s Daily Online, the U.N. Humanitarian Air Service (UNHAS), operated by the WFP, will run out of funds in August for flights to Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea (7/31). Of the UNHAS" 2009 budget - set at $160 million - "[l]ess than $40-million have been raised from donors so far, and another $50-million is expected to come in from aid organisations that pay to take the flights," SAPA/Mail & Guardian reports, adding that this is the second time this year the program has been forced to scale back do to funding shortages (7/31). UNAIDS China Coordinator Reflects On HIV/AIDS in China Present, Future China Daily/Xinhua interviews UNAIDS China Coordinator Bernhard Schwartlander about the status of HIV/AIDS in the country. Schwartlander highlights the challenges facing China in the future as it attempts to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS in the country (7/31). UNC Researchers Awarded $3.5M Federal Grant To Study Acute HIV In Africa Researchers at the University of North Carolina recently received a $3.5 million grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases to study patients in sub-Saharan Africa with acute HIV infection - a period immediately following infection through 12 weeks, "when the virus replicates rapidly and the probability for transmission is high," the Triangle Business Journal reports (7/30). wchl1360.com interviewed Audrey Pettifor, one of the study leaders, who outlined the goals of the study, which will be conducted over four years at a research and training facility in Malawi (7/30). This information was reprinted from globalhealth.kff.org with kind permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. You can view the entire Kaiser Daily Global Health Policy Report, search the archives and sign up for email delivery at globalhealth.kff.org. © Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. All rights reserved.


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